State Contacts for PPICS

If you have questions regarding PPICS issues that are specific to your state, there is a primary PPICS contact designated by your state who can assist you. Use the table below to find the e-mail address for the PPICS contact in your state.

State	Name	E-mail address
Alabama	Mark Ward	mward@alsde.edu
Alaska	Terri Campbell	terri.campbell@alaska.gov
Arizona	Cindy Trejo	ctrejo@ade.az.gov
Arkansas	Tammie Cloyes	Tammie.Cloyes@arkansas.gov
Bureau of Indian Affairs	Jack Edmo Jr.	jack.edmo@bie.edu
California	the California Department of Education	afterschool@cde.ca.gov
Colorado	Tom Denning	denning_t@cde.state.co.us
Connecticut	Shelby Pons	shelby.pons@ct.gov
Delaware	Theresa Kough	tkough@doe.k12.de.us
District of Columbia	Derrick Blue	derrick.blue@dc.gov
Florida	Lani Lingo	lani.lingo@fldoe.org
Georgia	Craig M. Geers	cgeers@doe.k12.ga.us
Hawaii	Daniel Williams	Daniel_Williams@notes.k12.hi.us
Idaho	Matthew McCarter	mamccarter@sde.idaho.gov
Illinois	Gail Meisner	GMEISNER@isbe.net
Indiana	Dre' Knox	dknox@doe.in.gov
Iowa	Joe Herrity	joe.herrity@iowa.gov
Kansas	Christine Macy	cmacy@ksde.org
Kentucky	Linda Robinson	linda.robinson@education.ky.gov
Kentucky	Sharon Chesser	Sharon.Chesser@education.ky.gov
Louisiana	Kartrina Roberts	kartina.roberts@la.gov
Maine	Lauren Sterling	Lauren.Sterling@maine.gov
Maryland	Kelly Coston	kcoston@msde.state.md.us
Massachusetts	Karyl Resnick	kresnick@doe.mass.edu
Michigan	Lorraine Thoreson	thoresonl@michigan.gov
Minnesota	Sheila Oehrlein	sheila.oehrlein@state.mn.us
Mississippi	Karen Austin	kaustin@mde.k12.ms.us
Missouri	Cindy Heislen	cindy.heislen@dese.mo.gov
Montana	Sandra Smith	sandismith@mt.gov
Nebraska	Karen Stevens	karen.stevens@nebraska.gov
Nevada	Janie Lowe	jlowe@doe.nv.gov
New Hampshire	Suzanne Birdsall	sbirdsall@ed.state.nh.us
New Jersey	Haydee Y. Perez	haydee.perez@doe.state.nj.us
New Mexico	Roxann Morris	RoxannL.Morris@state.nm.us
New York	Sherry Runk	srunk@ulsterboces.org
North Carolina	Allison Anderson	aanderson@dpi.state.nc.us
North Dakota	Dale Patrick	dpatrick@nd.gov
Ohio	Cheryl Kish	Cheryl.kish@ode.state.oh.us
Oklahoma	Melodie Fulmer	melodie_fulmer@sde.state.ok.us
Oregon	Pete Ready	pete.ready@state.or.us
Pennsylvania	Susan D'Annunzio	Sdannunzio@state.pa.us
Puerto Rico	Sonia Arvelo Crespo	Arvelo_s@de.gobierno.pr
Rhode Island	Jackie Ascrizzi	Jackie.Ascrizzi@ride.ri.gov
South Carolina	Diane Willis	dwillis@ed.sc.gov
South Dakota	Susan Burgard	sue.burgard@state.sd.us
Tennessee	Laura Ellis Nichols	Laura.Nichols@tn.gov
Texas	Candace Ferguson	Candace.Ferguson@tea.state.tx.us
Utah	Lisa Wisham	Lisa.Wisham@schools.utah.gov
Vermont	Emanuel Betz	Emanuel.Betz@state.vt.us
Virgin Islands	Jamila Haynes	jhaynes@sttj.k12.vi
Virginia	Shady Clark	Shady.Clark@doe.virginia.gov
Washington	Pam O'Brien	pobrien@ospi.wednet.edu
West Virginia	Hazra Alladin	halladin@access.k12.wv.us
Wisconsin	Steve Fernan	steven.fernan@dpi.state.wi.us
Wyoming	Amber Ash	aash@educ.state.wy.us